Hosiery-form.



J. ROGGINGBR H08IBRY FORM. APPLICATION FILED JULY 23, 1996..

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' 'JOHN ROGGINGER, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, 'AS S IGNOB T0 IARAMOUNT KNITTING COMPANY, OF YCHIGAGO, ILLINOIS ,'A. CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

HOSIERY-FORM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.]

Application filed July 23, 1906. Serial No. 327,383.

to be stretched on a forni and dried; Theusual process consisting in stretching the hose in a dampened condition over a onepiece wooden form entails considerable loss of time on account of the difiiculty in drawing the damp material over the-rigid form, besides subjecting the hosiery to excessive stretching both in placing the same on the fonnand in removing it therefromi Furthermore, the removal of the stretched and dried hosiery fronrth'e form is attended with considerable wrinkling of the hosiery which is inclined to spoil its shape and ap-' pearance. By the present invention it is proposedto employ a collapsible form over which the hosiery can be placed Without any fitting and stretching,.the mere expansion of the form doing this work and the 'con-.

traction thereof after the drying process permitting the hosiery to be drawn 011' without any stretching or'wrinkling.

- With this object in view the invention consists in centain novel features of con-" struction and combmatrons'of parts the es-- sential elements whereof are recited in the appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and fully described hereinafter. I p

Of said drawings, Figure 1 represents in side elevation a form constructed in accord-. ance with the present invention, a sock being represented in section thereon and theform being shown expanded; and Fig.- 2 represents the form in similar elevation but in collapsed condition, the sock being represented in section.

In the present instance a form is shown designed for the handling of mens socks but it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to forms for usein this particular connection but may be availed of in the handling of various kinds of hosiery.

piece 2 whose end portions constitute parts of the toe and heel of the form; a leg and instep plece 3, one end of which constitutes part of the toe of the form; and another legp ece 4,- one end of which constitutes part of the heel of the form. These three pieces are in the form of comparatively narrow bars preferably of metal and are hinged together, the bars 2 and 3 being in the present a case united by a pintle 5 at the point of the toe of the form and the bars 2 and a being similarly united by a pintle 6 at the point of the heel of the form,ralthough any suitable hinge connection permitting a swinging hinged movement ofthe bars 3 and 4 uponthe axes of the hinges at the extremities of the bar 2 may be employed.

The leg bars 3 and 4 of the form are united at their outer portions by a top bar 7 hinged to the bars 3 and 4 by pintles -8 and 9 andthis top bar is preferably formed with a stop lug IO produced by striking up a portion of the metal, which stop lug is designed toabut the inner edge of the bar 3 and limit the expansion of the form.

It will be seen that this construction r0" vides not only for contracting the orm throughout the forepart of the foot portion but also for contracting it between the heel portion and the instep portion This latter is of course the widest part of thehosiery blesome heel portion so that the sock or stocking can be slipped over the same without any stretching whatever and of courses removedwit-h as great'ease when the form is collapsed. Hence there need be no stretching of the ribbed top of a sock as necessarily takes place in the use of the wooden form in getting this ribbed top past the heel portion of the form. Neither need there be any wrinkling of the hosiery in its removal from the collapsed form. Further,- more, the removal of the hosiery from the forms'can be very quickly accomplished so that no prolonged handling of hot forms is required. v

-It will thus be seen that the above described construction is well adapted to thorstated. At the same time it is to understood that this construction is susceptible -of modification without departing from the sole: and heel piece.

spirit'and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is: a

n 1. A collapsible. hosiery form comprising a onje-piece'combined toe sole and heel piece extending from the toe to the point of the heel of the form, a one-piece combined leg instep and toe piece hinged to swing upon a fixed'center at the toe end of the first-mentioned piece, and a one-piece combined leg and heel piece hinged to swing upon a fixed center at the point of the heel upon the end of said first-mentioned piece; said toe sole and heel piece and said leg and heel piece bemg arranged to collapse toward said leg instep and toe piece by the swinging movement of the first twoparts upon the axes of the hinges at the opposite ends of the toe 2 A collapsible hosiery form com rising a single combined toe, sole andhee v piece, a single combined leg, instepand toe piece described.

hinged thereto at the toe end of the same, a single combined le and heel piecehinged to the heel end of t e first named piece and a top piece hinged to the' leg ends of the other two pieces.

3. A collapsible hosiery form comprising a. sole-piece, leg pieces hinged respectively 'to the toe and heel ends of the sole-piece,

and a top piece hinged to the leg pieces and having a stop to limit expansion of'the form. v I

4. A collapsible hosiery form comprising a combined toe,-s0le and heel iece, a combinedleg, instep and toe piece iinged thereto at the toe end of the same, a combined leg and heel piece hinged to the heel end of the first named piece and a top piece hinged to the leg ends of the other two ieces end havin a stop to abut one of the atter, substantia ly as and for the. purpose JOHN ROGGINGER. Witnessesz- FLP'. DAVIS, LOUIS B. ERWIN. 

